Grey lithograph caricature of a feathered man being tarred by a figure in a tricorn hat while another holds a rope beside a wooden frame.

A New Method of Macarony Making As Practiced at Boston

A grey-toned lithographic caricature shows a tarred and feathered man, bound by a chain, standing between two costumed men in tricorn hats. The man at left pours tar from a pot onto him while the man at right holds the rope beside a wooden gallows-like frame.

Artist: Pendleton's Lithography
Date: 1830
Medium: paper (overall material) ink (overall material)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 1721 × 2240 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1830).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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